Juvenile chronic arthritis – a time for change?

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-260

  Donn, R P ^a   Ollier, W E R ^a  

^a Stopford Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS;

EID: 0029950902     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.1996.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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